(08-18-2021, 07:23 PM)F Gump Wrote: I do see things that can be used to make such a scenario necessary in a way, small though it may be.
*Brown can't be used as a salary match piece until Oct 1.
*Simply trading for LM using the TPE, without a big man outgoing, further clogs an already over-clogged big man rotation. But they don't want Powell at his salary.
*On the other hand, simply trading away DP to TOR, with both DP and Brown outgoing, over-thins the Mavs of bigs.
*But a trade that has both of "DP/Brown outgoing" PLUS "LM incoming"? Ahhh, yeah.
*In addition, by combining both an LM trade and a Dragic trade into one, the outgoing salary-match pieces can be split between the two other teams, where neither gets a cumbersome payroll burden, and yet there's some value sent to each. Powell would definitely go to TOR, and then either Brown, Player X, or both might go to CHI.
It still means that you have to satisfy all of TOR, CHI, and LM in order to make that deal. So that keeps it way unlikely. But it's a scenario that does check some boxes that might otherwise be obstacles, so it makes a fun pipe dream to keep in mind until something else happens, or until Oct 2.
There is no 3way where we sent less salary out.
If we want to match Dragic at 19 Mio and LM over our TPE we have to sent over 20 Mio. That's not happening.
The problem is either the bulls management trying to play hardball or LM not taking the TPE-money.
Or maybe it's the same thing which hold up the trade with Boston, we want them to take Moses Brown.
The thing about the trade with Toronto is, there is no trade for Dragic.